Am I missing a Graphics Card with this build?

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1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £43.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £37.99
1 x Antec VPF350 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Echo Midi-Tower - Black £23.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £325.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).
 
You don't need a graphics card, as the CPU has one onboard.

It's not powerful enough for playing the most demanding games with satisfactory performance, but fine for general computing and older/indie games
 
For gaMing, swap the CPU out for an Athlon 750k (or one of its newer equivalents) and spend £80 or so on a graphics card. A 260x, would be sufficient, or even a 250x if you need to go cheaper
 
You don't need a graphics card, as the CPU has one onboard.

It's not powerful enough for playing the most demanding games with satisfactory performance, but fine for general computing and older/indie games

You mean the amd 7700k? Because I've been watching an unboxing on one and it only comes with a cooler :confused::confused:
 
There's both a GPU core and a CPU core tucked inside the 7700. It's quite powerful as far as onboard graphics go, but not really good enough for gaming.

Off the top of my head, I think the gpu is somewhat equivalent to an AMD r7 730. Maybe a 740.
 
For gaMing, swap the CPU out for an Athlon 750k (or one of its newer equivalents) and spend £80 or so on a graphics card. A 260x, would be sufficient, or even a 250x if you need to go cheaper

Ohhhh I see what you're saying, so you think if I got rid of the AMD 7700k and bought a cheaper cpu and ALSO a graphics card, you think I could get better performance?
 
definitely. Those Athlons are basically the apu 'A' chips with the gpu lasered off. A 250x will give much better gaming performance than the onboard gpu. 260x better still
 
Type 7700K into youtube and you can get results of it playing various games.

You only wanted to play at 720P which is easy for it.
 
Yes, but you had a budget that was tight?
Yeah, but I'm thinking about exceeding my budget a little to get the best performance, I think i'm going to stick with what you'd put together for me, but go with the 7850k instead, and then see how that runs, if i'm satisfied i'll leave it, but if I decide I wan't more, I may crossfire it with the 240/250 r7 series
 
An 860k Athlon with a r7 250x is a lot better for gaming than a 7850k. And a little cheaper.

For gaming, the 7850k is such a bad choice, don't waste your money.

Given the price of the 860k, though, you would be better advised to switch to the AM3+ platform and a £60 fx4300, or go Intel. And I would pay a little extra for a 260x gpu (it's a lot better than a 250x). You really wouldn't regret it.
 
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